NO. 1499. THE HERRINGS OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND HERRE. 629 



8. STOLEPHORUS Lacepede. 



Stolephorus Lacepeue, Hist. Nat. Puiss., V, 180S, p. 381 {juponlcus) (not Stole- 



'pJiorus B\eeker=Anrhovia). 

 Clupeoides Blekker, Verb. Bat. Gen., XXIV, p. 17 {macassar iensis=delicatala). 

 Spratelloides Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen., XXIV, p. 29 {orgyrot;vnia=japonica). 



Body oblong, little compressed, with rather large, thin, deciduous 

 scales. Belly rounded, without serrature. Snout conical, compressed, 

 formed much as in Clupea. Teeth none or very minute and decidu- 

 ous. Anal tin short, free from caudal, its rays 9 to 15. Gill mem- 

 branes separate. Dorsal inserted opposite ventrals. About 6 flat 

 branchiostegals. 



Small fishes of the Indian seas, marked with. a broad silvery lateral 

 band, as in the species of EngrauUs and Anchovla^ a fact which led to 

 the erroneous identification of the name Stolepho-rus with species of 

 the latter genus. The name, however, should not be used for any 

 anchovy. 



{(jtoXj]^ a stole, a white band worn by priests; 4>op05^ bearing; in 

 allusion to the silver}^ lateral band.) 



9. STOLEPHORUS JAPONICUS (Houttuyn.) 

 KIBUNA IWASHI. 



Atherinajaponica HovTTVYS, Verh. Holl. Maatsch. wet Haarl., XX, 1782, Pt. 2, 



p. 340 (Nagasaki). 

 StolepJtorits japonicus L.\cepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V., 1803, p. 381, after 



Houttuyn.— Jordan- and Seale,' Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVIII, 1905, p. 



770 (Negrosl., Philippines). 

 Clupea gracilis Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Pois.s., 1846, p. 238, pi. cviii, fig. 2 



(Nagasaki). 

 Spratelloides gracilis Gunther, Cat., VII, 1868, p. 465 (Japan). — Ishikawa, Prel. 



Cat, 1897, p. 8 (Hizen). 

 (?) Spratelloides argyroticnia Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., XXIV, p. 29 (Celebes). 



Habitat. — Southern Japan, north to Izu and Osaka, verj' common 

 in sandy bays. Also in the East Indies, if Stolephorus argyrotsenia is 

 the same species. 



Head about 4i in length; depth about 7; D. 11; A. 13; P. 11; V. 8; 

 eye, 3 in head; snout 1; mandible 2 to 2i; interorbital space ii to 5; 

 ventral 2j; caudal peduncle fiattish, 'd\. 



Body el@ngate, slender, subcylindrical; caudal peduncle and head 

 compressed, the snout pointed; back broad, its transverse diameter 

 about 2 in head; snout pointed; top of head flattened; eye large, with 

 adipose lid; mouth terminal, rather small, the lower jaw very slightly 

 projecting; maxillary comparative!}^ broad, covering all but tip of 

 mandible, and extending posteriorly to anterior margin of eveball. 



Teeth absent. 



